aunt rae and uncle b

Have I ever told you how much I LURVE being an Aunt?  Oh, I have? My bad.  Well, I do.

I love having little people running around my house like a circus.  Not much brings me more pleasure than that.  

Jacks would call Jess every day and ask her when the kids can come over if he could.

We not only love them, but have SO.MUCH.FUN with them, too.  Here are a few random happenings from the last few visits:

Tater getting good use out of the gun Brad and Pete got from Grandpa Scott. Can't you just see the determination to hit Uncle B?

Our little tigers.  I'm not sure why, but as soon as Beckers walks in the door, he and Jacks immediately start talking "tiger" to each other.

When I was giving Finster a bath one night, I took the shampoo and made a faux-hawk.  Pretty typical evening in the tub for us.  Well, tate thought it would be really cool if I could make one for him.  A few rubber bands later, and we had one rockin' faux.  

Soon after, I was searching high and low for enough bands for everyone to have their own hairdo 

{keep in mind, Tate was WAY too cool to let me have evidence that he was in fact the first to want one...}

Poor Pete, his high and tight hair just BARELY fit some tiny spikes...

Tee hee.  Cracks me up. It looks like when I tried to fit them in Fin's hair for Christmas.

And how does this little man not melt your heart!?  Oh, how he makes me smile.

I love how girlie girl this little lady can be.  A girl of my own heart, wanting to play dress-up at 11:00pm.  Those are some big boots to fill, Aves.
{pic was taken on B's phone, sorry for the blurriness...}

Thank goodness with three shoe-loving aunties, she'll have a size to fit her someday!!

And can I just tell you how much fun it is to buy girlie things??  I mean, just LOOK at how these shoes scream my name, and in turn, Aves' too...

Plus a matching headband!?  Hello, heaven.  And hello, a MUST purchase for the little gal.  She didn't take them off the whole night.  Even to wear them home....when it had snowed about a foot that day. Fashion over function, that's our motto!  Just ask my Dad when he talks about whether any of his girls wear "sensible" shoes for a long day out and about.

{side note, is she not GORGEOUS!?}

Yep, being an auntie is the best.

But don't worry my kiddos, I love being your Mom more :)